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TRINIDAD. 
The issue was, that, without even firing a gun, Trinidad 
was surrendered to General Ahercromhie upon the terms 
of a capitulation. The island was afterwards ceded and 
guaranteed in full possession to his Britannic INIajesty by 
tire fourth article of the Treaty of Amiens. 
Lieut.-Colonel Picton, aide-de-camp to the General, 
was appointed Governor, and may be said to have ruled 
the island with a rod of iron, either as sole Governor or 
in joint commission with Colonel Pullerton and Admiral 
Hood, for a period of six years. The colony has since 
been governed by the following officers : — By General 
Heslop, from 1802 to 1810 ; Lieutenant-Colonel Foley 
[ad interim), from 1810 to 1813 ; Sir Ealph Woodford, 
from 1813 to 1828 ; Sir Lewis Grant, from 1829 to 1833 ; 
Sir George Hill, from 1833 to 1841 ; Sir Henry Macleod, 
from 1841 to 1846 ; and by Lord Harris, from 1846 to 
1854. Then followed Eear- Admiral Charles Elliot, Eobert 
Keate, Esep, and now the Hon. J. T. C. Manners Sutton 
is the Governor. 
Form of Government . — Trinidad is a Crown Colony, 
and is governed by a Governor appointed by the Crown, 
assisted by a Council of twelve persons, six of them being 
the chief civil officers of the government, and six non- 
official members, nominated and invited to accept a seat 
by the Governor. The Governor has his own and a 
casting vote ; so that, depending upon the official mem- 
bers, he seldom finds himself in a minority. On some 
occasions, however, the Chief Justice, l\Ir. Knox, is inde- 
pendent enough in his judgment to vote with the non- 
officials. This is considered a very bold step, and exposes 
the official to the froAvns of the Governor; while, to 
counterbalance these, he possesses the smiles of the com- 
munity at large. 
In most of the West India islands, there are Houses of 
Assembly, and those, though far from perfect, arc, at least 
in good measure, representative. Several efforts have 
been made to obtain representative government here, but 
